Useful linux terminal commands

Open the terminal in Jupyter lab under File > New > Terminal.

Action	command
List directory contents	ls -lh
Make directory	mkdir directory_name
Copy file	cp source destination
Move file	mv source destination
Change working directory	cd new_directory
Directory above	..
Print current working directory	pwd
Delete file	rm file_name
Delete a directory	rm -r dir_name
Clear terminal contents	clear
Find the binary for a command	which program_name
Get Python version	python --version
Get memory use summary	free -h
See per-process resource utilization	top or htop